S-Class Hunter Heals with Monsters - Chapter 157



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Episode 157: How to take off Dodaki’s mask

Park Soo-kwon broke the return stone.

He saw Cheon Do-un before entering the gate.

“I won’t say anything about this place.”

“Really? People will ask.”

“I’ll say I don’t remember.”

“Can a government agent do that?”

When Cheon Do-woon asked, Park Su-kwon laughed.

He had no choice anyway.

If you bring people, you’ll all end up going to the afterlife together.

Here, I had no choice but to pretend I didn’t remember.

“People need to live flexibly. And….”

More than anything, he wanted those here to be at peace.

He didn’t say anything like that, but it was conveyed clearly.

The group laughed, and Cheon Do-woon also had a face like he had heard something funny.

“Okay. Then take care. I’ll call you if I need you.”

“Father, are you calling me?”

“Oh. I implanted my mana in your body. I can find you no matter where you are.”

Those were scary words.

“It looks like you’re pretty good at your job.”

Those were scary words.

“I like it.”

Those were scary words.

Park Soo-kwon’s face became complicated.

As a S-class agent, he was the envy of everyone. However, in front of Cheon Do-woon, he seemed like an ordinary laborer.

“Oh, anyway. I’ll be going now. See you later.”

Park Soo-kwon left after saying those words.

When it became quiet, Cheon Do-woon sat down at the table.

“Okay. Then let’s get started.”

He opened his fanny pack.

After confirming that Dodak was sleeping, he quickly took it out.

The doppel that came up dangling from my side was put aside for a moment.

“What are you doing?”

The siblings, seeing Cheon Do-woon’s serious face, approached him with curious faces.

“I’m going to make Dodak change his clothes.”

“clothes?”

“Oh. Is it because the mask is black? It gets covered in dust.”

In the dusty forest, black clothing was not a good choice.

Currently, Dodak is wearing a full body mask covering his feet.

As I walked on the bare ground like that, the area around my feet was covered in dust.

“The problem is that Dodak doesn’t want to take these clothes off.”

I had already tried to take it off once and failed, so I had to find another way.

That’s it.

“Aim for sleep time.”

The point is to move the handle without breaking it.

Cheon Do-woon erased all traces of his presence.

The movement of the assassination mode released the mask string tied behind his back.

“Remove the mask string. Clear.”

“Oh, clear.”

The siblings watched with sweaty palms and then stopped.

Cheon Do-woon spoke with such a serious expression that I was swept away by the atmosphere.

When I came to my senses belatedly, I was confused as to whether I should be approaching this with such a serious expression.

“Okay. Now just take off the mask… .”

Cheon Do-woon grabbed both sides of the mask and slowly lowered it as if peeling off the skin.

When the mask was halfway down, Dodak’s eyes opened wide. The king had woken up.

Our eyes met. Silence flowed.

Cheon Do-woon’s hand, which was lowering the mask, suddenly stopped.

His eyes were shaking slightly as he looked at Dodak. The siblings’ eyes also shook as they saw that.

‘Che, Cheon Do-woon is flustered…!’

It was a rare sight to see twice. The siblings watched the situation with sweaty palms.

-Huh?

Dodak rolled his eyes here and there as if trying to understand the situation.

He was already pulling up the mask with both arms. When Cheon Do-woon forcefully stopped him, Dodak was taken aback.

Dodaki. A long-lived monster estimated to be over 60 years old. The previous king.

That dodak was currently feeling threatened by his assistant.

For some reason, the giant helper is trying to take off his attachment mask.

-Phew, phew…!

Let go. Don’t take this away.

A response of refusal to take it off erupted.

Cheon Do-woon looked at it and pulled up the mask. When he tied the string again, Dodak’s face looked relieved.

‘Oh, Cheon Do-woon has lost…!’

The siblings were amazed by the thrilling results.

“Aren’t you being too soft on Dodak?”

“This guy is a pufferfish. If I forcibly take his clothes off, he’ll get shocked. I have to find a way to make sure he doesn’t get shocked.”

“What is that?”

“Well. Well… you can ask Manager Kim.”

“Manager Kim. Well, then. I guess it’s possible.”

Manager Kim, the all-purpose word that seems like it can solve anything.

Before we knew it, Manager Kim had become fixed in that image among his group.

“Then I’ll be back.”

Cheon Do-woon put Dodak and Dopple in his fanny pack.

The man in the wheelchair must have woken up too, so I had to go check on the situation.

‘Come to think of it, I decided to pay off the debt.’

Since you don’t have any cash, let’s give him something of equivalent value and ask him to sell it for a reasonable price.

What would be good? Cheon Do-woon looked around the yard.

What happened to catch my eye was a black pearl rolling on the floor.

At one time, chimeras played ball with each other, but these days, they’ve gotten tired of it and no one touches it.

“It’s just right.”

It must be quite valuable, considering it was even put up for auction.

Cheon Do-un held two black pearls.

It was covered in dirt, but it became shiny when I rubbed it with the snow that had piled up in the yard.

“There are no scratches. It’s in good condition.”

Despite all the chimeras’ torment, the black pearl remained unblemished.

At this level, I think I can sell it for a fair price.

“We’ll go too. We’ll change clothes and come back, so just wait a moment.”

Yoo Beom stepped forward. Yoo Ji Ah also took off her bone helmet, as if she was thinking of going.

“I finally got rid of the blasting spell, but it seems like we’re just spending too much time inside the gate. Let’s go get a drink and go too.”

“Really? What about you, Kim Na-ri?”

Of course I will say I will go.

Although she thought so, Kim Na-ri shook her head.

“I will stay and work on the mural drawings. The artist’s soul demands concentration.”

Kim Na-ri’s expression was more serious than ever.

Cheon Do-woon smiled when he saw that. It was fortunate that Kim Na-ri had found a good hobby.

“Okay. Then just my siblings and I will go.”

Now that the number of people to go has been decided, let’s go and finish it up. Cheon Do-woon broke the return stone.

* * *

Kim Hoon, a man in a wheelchair.

When he woke up from his lyric state, he was met with a brightly smiling friend.

“You’re awake! Looks like he really did succeed. He found your doppelganger and took care of it!”

“Doppelganger? What is that… Oh, right. That’s right.”

My dazed mind gradually became clearer and my memories became clearer.

I see. I was cloned by my doppelganger and fell into a state of lyricism.

When he woke up, Kim Hoon heard about what had happened from his friend.

From the moment I met Cheon Do-woon, I knew he was a S-class hunter who appeared in articles.

All the way to the point where he agreed to pay off their debt.

When Kim Hoon heard those words, he had only one thought.

“Did you dream?”

Those words just came out naturally. That’s how far removed they sound from reality.

Kim Hoon dismissed his friend’s words as a joke.

That was until Cheon Do-woon really appeared before my eyes.

‘Ugh…!’

He was standing in the lobby and his breath caught in his throat when he saw Cheon Do-woon and his siblings coming in.

The siblings don’t hide their energy.

I was suffocated by the aura of that disaster-level monster.

“Yoo Beom, Yoo Ji Ah. Kill the strength.”

“Oh. I blinked.”

“It’s uncomfortable to go outside. It would be better to show off your strength inside the gate so that there are no territorial fights.”

The siblings belatedly gathered their strength.

Kim Hoon’s mouth opened wide at the energy that was instantly collected and disappeared. His friend was the same.

The one who came in with those kinds of people.

The author is that S-class hunter. Kim Hoon had a gut feeling when he saw Cheon Do-woon.

‘So everything I heard is true?’

While they were gasping for breath in surprise, Cheon Do-woon and his siblings sat down in front of them.

“You’re awake. Where does it hurt?”

“Oh, there isn’t any!”

He was so nervous that he bit his tongue. His face turned red as he answered with a strange pronunciation.

‘Oh my god. That’s a real S-class hunter!’

Hero of the old days. Just hearing the word makes my heart race.

They are able to live a comfortable life thanks to the nameless heroes who sacrificed their lives for the world.

“Ma, it’s an honor to meet you. I heard that my grandfather also survived with the help of hunters when he was young. He said that he encountered a group of monsters while fleeing, but hunters patrolling the area showed up and saved him. He said that they were truly heroic people…”

Kim Hoon, who had been talking excitedly, closed his mouth with a look of disappointment on his face.

He was so excited in front of someone he had never met before. Embarrassed, he coughed and lowered his head.

“Thank you so much for this. I have never met you before, but you helped me out like this… .”

“It’s not like we’ve never met before.”

“yes?”

“You helped me first. I just helped you back.”

Cheon Do-un placed the black pearls he had brought in front of them, one by one.

“Take this. I don’t know how much I owe, but this should be enough. If it’s not enough, just tell me.”

They looked at the black pearl with bewildered faces.

A black stone the size of an egg.

Just looking at it, you could tell that it was no ordinary stone, as it gave off an ominous aura.

Manager Kim, who brought out the tea, smiled when he saw what was on the table.

“It’s the black pearl of the demon world.”

“Huh, black pearl…? This is it?”

“That thing that was up for auction at the end of the year?”

They were stiff.

How much did the black pearls sell for at the year-end auction? Those who heard it went blank.

If this was really a black pearl, it was something they would never be able to see even if they worked their entire lives.

When a large sum of money was suddenly handed to me, I felt more scared than happy.

“Why, why are you helping me like this?”

“I told you. You helped me first.”

“But… we don’t have any such memories.”

“You don’t have to remember. I remember. You just have to accept it.”

It’s scary to hear things like that.

Wouldn’t they later go and say they mistook you for a person and ask you to take it back?

Joy, fear, ecstasy, anxiety.

They were frozen stiffly, with all sorts of emotions mixed in them, and just looked at the black pearl.

“Thank you….”

I finally answered, but it still didn’t feel real.

They carefully held the black pearl and looked at it with faces filled with ecstasy.

A rock that young chimeras play with by rolling it with their feet.

It was caressed like a jewel in their hands.

“If you have any trouble in the future, please tell me. If you tell Manager Kim, he will contact me.”

“Go, thank you!”

The two men shouted with disbelief on their faces.

An S-class hunter helped them. He threw the black pearl at them as if he had picked it up.

He then goes so far as to offer to stand on the back of the boat.

Is this really real? Kim Hoon was speechless, feeling like he was sitting on a cloud. His close friend sitting next to him was the same.

‘Oh my god. Is this what they call fate?’

They had no idea that they would encounter the chance they had only heard of.

Just as I was about to say thank you again, the glass of the lobby door shattered with a loud noise.

“Everyone, don’t move!”

Five masked men, armed with guns, entered.

On the surface, they looked like common slum robbers. However, Cheon Do-woon sensed the aura of the Awakened from them.

‘They’re not the kind of people who would be in a slum.’

These are people who have at least a B grade.

‘There’s also one Class A mixed in.’

There was no reason for Awakeners of that level to commit robbery in the slums.

They said they came disguised as robbers to raid Manager Kim’s store.

‘Have you ever been involved with them before?’

Those who want to push out the slums.

They sent someone to check again.

“This building is a landmark of the slums?”

“It definitely doesn’t look like a building from this area.”

“Destroy them all. Step on them so much that even Manager Kim can’t get up!”

Thud, thud. They shot into the store.

I didn’t even notice that there was someone sitting at the lobby table.

Display cases, counters, marble floors, freshly painted walls.

They fired their guns in all directions as if their goal was to destroy the building itself.

Of course, only guns were fired and the inside of the store was not destroyed.

“What, what? Why doesn’t it break?”

“The bullet stopped in midair…!”

The bullets they fired spun around in the air before falling back down with a thud.

Cheon Do-woon has truly caught it.

-Huh?

At the loud sound of gunfire, Dodakki popped his head out of his bag.

Dodaki’s eyes widened when he saw the masked men.

-Whew, Whew!

Who are they? Who are they that dress like me?

Dodaki was surprised. Cheon Do-woon, who was trying to deal with the masked men, stopped when he saw that.

‘Wait. If we use them well… we might be able to make Dodak take off his mask on his own?’

Cheon Do-woon saw the masked man. Yes. That’s it. Let’s pretend to be attacked by them.

He put the spoon on the table.

After putting it at an angle where the men could see it well, he walked towards the masked men.

“You, what are you!”

Instead of answering, Cheon Do-woon snapped his fingers. The guns of the five men split in half at the same time.

The thread wrapped around the arms and legs of five men.

“Ugh, my body is acting up…!”

“What, what is it? My arms are moving on their own!”

The men, tied to strings like marionettes, moved with a creaking sound.

“It’s been a while since I’ve used this technique, so it feels awkward. Let’s see. To move my arm… Is this it?”

As Cheon Do-woon pulled his finger, a man came walking towards him, creaking.

Cheon Do-woon stood in front of him with his back turned.

The man wrapped his arms around Cheon Do-woon’s neck.

It was a bonus to aim the half-cut gun at Cheon Do-woon’s head.

“Hey, save me! My body is moving on its own!”

“Yes. Please save me. I was caught by the masked men.”

Are you watching, Your Majesty? This is how bad a mask can be.

Cheon Do-woon saw Dodak.

Beyond that, Yoo Beom was lying on the sofa, holding his stomach.

Yujia was holding a cushion and burying her face in it.

Their shoulders shook and shook.

-Whew, Whew!

Only Dodak was trembling with his mouth wide open.

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